Death & Dying
On a Lacedaemonian Nurse (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Death & Dying
Here earth holds the Peloponnesian woman who was the most faithful nurse of the children of Diogeitus.
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MLA
Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “On a Lacedaemonian Nurse (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/1152/.
Chicago
Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “On a Lacedaemonian Nurse (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/1152/.
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